Day Five: From church in a Movie Theater to the French Quarter to the O'Connors
Number of Pictures Taken: 193
Quote of the Day: "Well I don't have my glasses on and Jenna kind of looks like a chinese person" - Mom (while reading this blog :)
Today we met our long-lost friends, the O'Connors. I say "long-lost", because we ought to have met a long time ago. Our families are joined by the bonds of the Princess Bride - and you can not track that, not with a thousand blood hounds - you can not break it, not with a thousand swords :)
You see, Jenna and Adam met 2 years ago at a TESOL course in Texas...and...well...then she "met" Adam's sister Kate online...and they were the only people we knew of who lived in New Orleans. Sketchy planning methods not withstanding, it all worked out great ;) They are fabulous tour guides. We had a blast hanging out with them today. And playing games at their house with their family made this place feel a lot closer to home. Much less than 16 hours :)
We spent the afternoon in the French Quarter...this is a big church :)
"There was guitars" (Hard Rock Cafe)
These pictures do NOT by any means do justice to the break dancing show we watched on the street. It was amazing.
you can't really see it, but there is a dude flipping over all those people kneeling on the ground...
These are the iron balconies our mother loves. Every time she saw them she'd tell us. They are ALL over the Quarter...
We went to Cafe Du Monde....
for Cafe and Beignets (aka coffee & little squares of funnel cake :)
and amazing street music...
and amazing street dancing :)
Mom and Dad enjoying the culture...
The French Market & Farmers Market were Hippie Paradise (...paradise for many genres, actually :)
That symbol which jenna loves but cannot say...fleur de lys, i believe :)
these are what they do with the roadkill...sell the heads as souvenirs...
for all our patchouli fans, here's your dream soap...
this is for Kent...it's Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville gift shop...
guess who :)
the three amigos together in real life for the first time...
living statues...there is really no way to describe how cool these are...
the superdome...because jenna REALLY wanted a picture of it...
my free souvenir...from the ground...in front of a cool coffee shop that we wanted to go to, but was closed...
a weird bridge...
back at the O'Connors, we were joined by Daniel (Kate's boyfriend) and various family members for a rousing game of Apples to Apples...
And to end the night, Jenn & Adam had wild and unlikely success in a round of "Wits & Wagers"...
Number of Pictures Taken: 193
Quote of the Day: "Well I don't have my glasses on and Jenna kind of looks like a chinese person" - Mom (while reading this blog :)
Today we met our long-lost friends, the O'Connors. I say "long-lost", because we ought to have met a long time ago. Our families are joined by the bonds of the Princess Bride - and you can not track that, not with a thousand blood hounds - you can not break it, not with a thousand swords :)
You see, Jenna and Adam met 2 years ago at a TESOL course in Texas...and...well...then she "met" Adam's sister Kate online...and they were the only people we knew of who lived in New Orleans. Sketchy planning methods not withstanding, it all worked out great ;) They are fabulous tour guides. We had a blast hanging out with them today. And playing games at their house with their family made this place feel a lot closer to home. Much less than 16 hours :)
We spent the afternoon in the French Quarter...this is a big church :)
"There was guitars" (Hard Rock Cafe)
These pictures do NOT by any means do justice to the break dancing show we watched on the street. It was amazing.
you can't really see it, but there is a dude flipping over all those people kneeling on the ground...
These are the iron balconies our mother loves. Every time she saw them she'd tell us. They are ALL over the Quarter...
We went to Cafe Du Monde....
for Cafe and Beignets (aka coffee & little squares of funnel cake :)
and amazing street music...
and amazing street dancing :)
Mom and Dad enjoying the culture...
The French Market & Farmers Market were Hippie Paradise (...paradise for many genres, actually :)
That symbol which jenna loves but cannot say...fleur de lys, i believe :)
these are what they do with the roadkill...sell the heads as souvenirs...
for all our patchouli fans, here's your dream soap...
this is for Kent...it's Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville gift shop...
guess who :)
the three amigos together in real life for the first time...
living statues...there is really no way to describe how cool these are...
the superdome...because jenna REALLY wanted a picture of it...
my free souvenir...from the ground...in front of a cool coffee shop that we wanted to go to, but was closed...
a weird bridge...
back at the O'Connors, we were joined by Daniel (Kate's boyfriend) and various family members for a rousing game of Apples to Apples...
And to end the night, Jenn & Adam had wild and unlikely success in a round of "Wits & Wagers"...
A good time was had by all...
good nite. well done. i'll most likely kill you in the morning...
(a princess bride quote, lest any of you fear that New Orleans is putting murderous thoughts into our tired heads :)
8 comments:
Looks like you had a wonderful day yesterday...I hope today is just as fun! I'll make sure Kent see's his picture tonite - he'll be so pleased.
Keep the pictures coming - can't wait to see today's adventures.
Tell Mom she's right - the railings are spectacular!
Love ya's
I see that you played my game, Wits & Wagers! Woohoo! I love hearing when people enjoy my game.
I thought you might be interested to know a few things:
1) Wits & Wagers is coming out on the Xbox Live Arcade this week!
2) Wits & Wagers is now available in Target.
3) Our next game, Say Anything, will be coming out in July (and it rocks!). It is best described as a mix between Wits & Wagers and Apples to Apples.
Enjoy!
Dominic Crapuchettes
Designer of Wits & Wagers
www.NorthStarGames.com
We also saw THREE more alligator road kill!!!!......very hard to get used to.
do ya'll actually know this Dominic dude? cause he's had way more success at game making than Aaron and I!
Charlie,
I have a Google alert for people who write about Wits & Wagers.
You can tell that Taylor dude that if his games are good, he can submit them to our company!
Cheers,
Dominic
Somehow I think that I would LOVE the French Quarter. =)
And this whole interchange between the dominic dude and the taylor dude has me laughing really hard. Oh. My. Word. =D
dominic,
this taylor dude and I have had a history of starting to create strategy games and then not liking how they turn out. or not finishing them at all.
but, if we ever turn out anything good, we'll let you know.
cheers!
-Charlie
:-)
Cheers,
Dom Dude
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